Monday 22 February 2016

Chapter 23: Rebuilding

Cyril exited Sindri's Nexus bag at the Silkweaver Estate. Kyra's family mansion was already rebuilt in accordance to Cyril's memories. Cyril's house has also been rebuilt to specifications. 

The dwarf brothers Sindri and Brokkr also rebuilt all the furniture using wood from the nearby forest and the Silkweaver caves were restored and reinforced with their dwarven mining expertise.

He spent two weeks in the Nexus, carefully making several more puppets out of the gods of Asgard. As many of the goddesses were not in battle when their souls were sucked out, many of their bodies were undamaged and thus were the most obvious first choices for making puppets.

He then exited the Nexus with a team of goddesses and 40 valkyries. They all had been given their tasks and they immediately sprang into action. 

Idunn the Goddess of Spring was left at Cyril's house with a Nexus bag to keep watch of both his place and the Silkweaver Estate.

The rest of the group of goddesses and Valkyries including the dwarves Sindri and Brokkr sprinted to the nearest town, which was Westhaven. 

The Dwarf brother's immediately started repairing the town walls and all the public amenities. This was so the inhabitants wouldn't need to be taxed to rebuild the town facilities.

The Queen of the Valkyries Freya, Goddess of Love and her 40 Valkyries went about helping people where needed, and helped protect the peace.

Eir the Goddess of Healing went about healing the injured, while Syn the Goddess of Justice help distribute the gold from Krakatoom's lair needed for rebuilding the people's homes and lives. 

Astrild and Sjofn the Goddesses of Love and Harmony kept everyone's mood calm during the rebuilding process. 

The whole team went from town to town, each taking roughly a week to fulfill their tasks before moving to the next town. Both Eir and Syn had a Nexus bag each in case of emergency, as did Freya the Goddess in charge of the Valkyries.

The Goddess of the hunt Skadi sprinted ahead to hunt for Cyril and Kyra's parents and would catch up with Kyra and Thor before the rest of the team. The whole team was to eventually arrive and do their tasks at Elendil, then return to the Nexus.

Cyril and Hela joined Kyra and Thor who had only just left Freeport on foot and were several days away from Cemeteria. They had not yet located their parents.

The trip to Cemeteria was uneventful as they passed the message to everyone they passed that they should return to their homes and rebuild. Cyril handed out Krakatoom's gold too to encourage them to do so, and nearly all did.

They eventually arrived in Cemeteria. Compared to the other towns and cities, it was mostly untouched by Krakatoom. Maybe it was because the town was deserted when Krakatoom attacked. 

After the undead attack, the town was completely abandoned. As there were no survivors of the undead attack, the town was deserted. The kingdom officers that came simply piled up the bodies and burned them. Then they closed off the roads to the town and declared the town abandoned.

Now the town was filled with survivors from other towns who used the mostly usable buildings. Cyril and Kyra spread the word about the rebuilding in their towns. Many were overjoyed and with their gifts of gold from Cyril, they headed back towards their homes.

They stayed there for a night and departed the next morning. Hela chose to remain there and wait for the group of Gods. She wanted to settle down and build a residence for herself there as there was strong death energy in the town of cemetaries.

As they walked, they joined a long line of people walking to the next town and continued spreading the word and giving out gold. Within 2 days, Skadi caught up with them and even went ahead to scout for their parents.

Within half an hour, there was a traffic jam with all the people stopped from moving forwards. Cyril spread the word about rebuilding and paid the people around him who turned back and headed home.

Eventually they reached the cause of the jam. Skadi was battling 20 armed men who was blocking the road and robbing the people and kidnapping all the young women. Skadi was fighting them to a standstill, and several robbers were already wounded on the floor. 

Cyril motioned and Thor immediately stood forwards. Within a minute, the men surrendered after Thor joined the fight and smashed 3 men into mush. They released all their victims and Cyril sent all the villagers towards their homes. 

They then questioned the men. They wore the emblems of the Bloodwolf Mercenaries. "Them again" Cyril noted.

With the threat of Thor standing behind him, Cyril questioned the mercenaries. They were a large outfit with more than 1000 members, and had a large secret base in the nearby mountains. The base is well concealed and escaped the notice of Krakatoom the dragon. 

After Krakatoom wiped out many towns, the Bloodwolf mercenaries took the opportunity to expand their wealth and position by kidnapping all the young women and robbing everyone on the roads of their wealth. 

Knowing the location of the Bloodwolf headquarters, it was time to get revenge for the earlier attacks on their families and find out who wants to destroy the Silkweavers.